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Rt. 104 in Pickaway County is expected to remain closed for at least part of today as workers
continue to clean up a fuel spill.

A tanker truck crashed on Wednesday and spilled an estimated 2,000 gallons of fuel into a
stream, officials said.

The fuel, which the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency identified as gasoline with 10 percent
ethanol, spilled into a tributary of the Scioto River. The fuel likely won’t reach the river,
however, Ohio EPA spokeswoman Heather Lauer said.

Four vacuum trucks and other equipment were used to clean up the spill yesterday, along with an
excavator and bulldozer that removed soil, Lauer said.

The tanker truck went off Rt. 104, north of Rt. 316, about 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, State Highway
Patrol Lt. Chad Neal, commander of the Circleville post, said in a news release.

The truck hit a guard rail and overturned, puncturing the truck’s tank, and the fuel spilled
into the stream, Neal said. The fuel was initially identified as purely ethanol.

Driver Gary Cain, 64, of Circleville, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and
released.